Pop Culture and Psychology

In The Keys to Kindness Claudia Hammond takes us on an eye-opening tour of kindness: what constitutes kindness (it's not what you think), effective strategies to build more of it...

'It's a boy!' or 'It's a girl!' are the first words almost all of us hear when we enter the world. Before our names, before we have likes and dislikes...

Officially endorsed by The Theraplay (R) Institute, this handbook builds on the core concepts of Theraplay (R) and explores innovative ways to integrate the approach with other therapeutic models for...

A critical examination of the complex and revealing questions we must ask ourselves about our work and the value it brings to ourselves and others. According to recent studies, barely...

Sunday Times bestselling author and acclaimed speaker Candice Brathwaite shares her revolutionary and inclusive approach to manifesting. Believing that you deserve abundance is the route to inviting it into your...

'A magisterial rethinking of why we collect. I loved this book' Edmund de Waal 'Magnificent . . . so compulsive and entertaining' Stephen Fry 'Give it to the collector in...

'Thoughtful, lucid and blessedly free of therapese . . . Weber's book is a powerful snapshot into the little bombs going off in the lives and homes of those around...

The book titled The Reluctant Adult: An Exploration of Choice by the author Jill Hall. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Organised in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, this book is a collection of stories and reflections on the way traumatic experiences play out over time: the conditions that lead...

Written in 1957, when North African independence movements were gaining momentum, The Colonizer and the Colonized studies the enduring legacy, political as much as psychological, of colonisation throughout the world....

Gathers articles about psychiatry, psychoanalysis, American culture, psychological theories, literature, racism, and genius.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to grow up caught between cultures, countries, and identities? The Colour of Time:...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the crossroads of sport science and psychology lies a groundbreaking inquiry into how human beings learn to interact with a moving object — Acquiring...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat does it truly mean to be intelligent, and can a number ever capture the full complexity of the human mind? What Is IQ?: Intelligence,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat if the most powerful learning tool in existence has been inside your head all along, simply waiting to be unlocked? Use Your Memory by...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of neurology, education, and developmental psychology stands The Diagnosis and Treatment of Speech and Reading Problems, a landmark clinical...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of depth psychology and Christian faith stands one of the twentieth century's most provocative intellectual...

Sixteen leading psychoanalysts reflect on the impact of the global pandemic that has changed all of our lives. Contributions from Christopher Bollas, Patricia Cardoso de Mello, Bernard Chervet, Joshua Durban,...

The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention....

A paradigm-shifting approach to wellness that reveals how the right levels of stress are actually good for you and how stress can help you unlock the body's natural ability to...

Who is allowed to hate? Hatred, this grating, corrosive feeling, is omnipresent, roaring from the streets or whispered in bourgeois homes. It thrives in parliamentary speeches, conspiracy theorists' fantasies and...

'[An] erudite, immensely entertaining book...Mount makes for a delightful guide' -- Literary Review From troubadours to Twitter: a thousand years of feelings, fads and furious sentiment, from renowned essayist Ferdinand...

IQ tests are a commonplace feature of both the educational system and recruitment and selection procedures. Succeed at IQ Tests contains 400 questions, typical of those you are likely to...

During its 1500-year Golden Age, Atlantis was at the height of its spiritual strength. Its inhabitants enjoyed incredible gifts including healing, levitation, clairvoyance and telepathy. Now, for the first time,...

If a gorilla walked out into the middle of a basketball pitch, you'd notice it. Wouldn't you? If a serious violent crime took place just next to you, you'd remember...

Edition: First Edition, First PrintingCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markSomewhere beneath the fluorescent hum of modern consumerism, an unnamed narrator finds himself sleepwalking through a life he...

Why are today's drivers so angry and what can we do about it? Road rage is hardly new, but its incidence and intensity are rising. On any given day, at...

'Fascinating ... Should be required reading everywhere' STEPHEN FRY Trust: like water, like electricity, our society can't function without it. It's a treasure, a living thing that can be cultivated...

A panoramic view of the cosmos must begin with the tension of a single political moment. In Quantum History , Slavoj Zizek brings together Hegelian dialectics, Lacan psychoanalysis and quantum...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a time when frank conversation about intimacy within marriage was rare, The Marriage Art by John E....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens in the first years of life shapes everything that follows — a truth that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat transforms a mere job into a source of identity, meaning, and social connection? Michael Argyle's The Social...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat drives a person to greatness — and what haunts them in the quiet moments? In the Psychiatrist's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of modern education have provoked as much admiration, controversy, and passionate debate as Alexander Sutherland Neill, and this autobiography...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of one of the most ambitious child development studies ever conducted in Britain lies a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if a college dared to dismantle every social convention surrounding love, sex, and human intimacy — and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a pivotal moment in the history of broadcast media, a coalition of parents, educators, researchers, and policymakers...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a time of sweeping cultural upheaval and radical rethinking of institutions, Jerome S. Bruner's Relevance of Education...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the intersection of ritual, myth, and everyday life stands W. Lloyd Warner's landmark study, The Living and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the tradition of the most powerful true accounts of childhood struggle and redemption, Tom: A Child's Life...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens in the classroom when a teacher speaks — and what does it truly mean for a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat does a human face truly reveal — and why are we so compelled to read it? The Human Face by John Liggett presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the first word is spoken, the human body is already communicating volumes — and Nonverbal Communication...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before emojis and digital shorthand, human beings were already fluent in the world's most ancient language —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodWhat shapes a child's mind in the earliest and most formative years of life? Experience and Environment: Major Influences on the Development...

How to be Real tackles one of the most urgent questions: how can we thrive in a world that is so troubling and confusing? We are constantly being told that...

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